The default port is 1943 but that was already in use because I also had RES workspace Manager running on the same server. The image shown above is the setup from within the new console, a Relay server is connected to the datastore and running over port 1941. I don’t know if the agent revert back to their old behavior and connect to the datastore automatically or just work with their local cache. I haven’t been able to test and figure out what will happen if all Relay servers go down but the datastore is up.
If one Relay server goes down the agents will contact any other Relay server in order to get updates, this Realy server will get it’s update from the datastore. If the datastore goes down the Relay servers will hold the latest updates from the datastore and keep on servicing the agents. The first layer of defense is the datastore, this datastore will send updates to multiple Relay servers which will send the updates to the agents. With the addition of Relay servers this has expanded to a second layer adding more high availability. with 2011 and earlier the agents itself had a local cache and didn’t depend on the datastore for their operational tasks. Will this make your life easier? Yes it will, for now you get a high available environment next to the solution you had already with the earlier versions.
The datastore is only used to update the relay servers and recieve updates from those relay servers.
How does this work? With a relay server the agents, if you configure them right, will not connect to the datastore but to the relay servers.
RES Software Workspace Manager 2012 has a solution for this, it’s called Relay servers. Also when your environment reaches beyond one location the communication to that datastore might not be optimal. So, what’s up with those relay servers? Until now every agent connected directly to the datastore to get the latest and greatest based on refreshing and caching settings for the agents.Ī downturn of this is that all agents are connecting to the datastore and therefore causing load. One of those things is the addition of the Relay servers, other features like ConfigMgr support will be discussed later on. With the release of the 2012 version of RES Workspace Manager a couple of things have changed. Application, desktop, RES, User environment, WorkspaceManager